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Date:      Thu, 21 Oct 1999 07:44:27 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Corrupt 3.3 CDROMs shipped 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.991021074222.9212A-100000@federation.addy.com>
In-Reply-To: <33658.940493841@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> > Seems that Walnut Creek shipped a batch of 3.3 packages that have a bad
> > disk 1.  In my case, they wouldn't boot and couldn't install at all.  WC
> > was aware of the problem and shipped me a replacement right away.
> 
> Let me guess, you have an ATAPI CDROM drive, from which you couldn't
> boot the CDROM? And you haven't read the 3.3-RELEASE Errata?

Actually, it does boot about 1 time in 10.

> If this is the case, please stop spreading partially accurate but
> misleading information. "Corrupt" isn't a good choice of words. Is that
> the word Walnut Creek used?

The exact words were "We had a spindle of discs that got screwed up during
replication."  Corrupt sounds like a pretty good synopsis to me.

Cliff




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